Just everyday stuff in the kitchen and garden.

Category: hot pepper sauce

In my last post I mentioned this sauce made from an assortment of mild and hot fresh red peppers. I used that same sauce to make these roasted potatoes, onions and garlic. To begin, I boiled the potatoes, onions and garlic. I tossed the peeled potatoes, the boiled onions and garlic with a generous amount … More Hot Roasted Potatoes, Onions & Garlic

The garden, which I pretty much abandoned back in August, is still producing peppers despite a long dry spell and zero maintenance. A small collection of assorted ripe red peppers inspired me to make a red chili paste for use in cooking. There were jalapeños, Padrons, Cubanelles, Marconis and a few Cayennes. Commercially available … More Red Chili Paste (without seeds)

I wrapped up (or should I say, unwrapped?) the jalapeño hot sauce project which has been fermenting for over a month now. Learning the results is very much like unwrapping a present, especially after waiting a month without peeking. As usual, I scooped off and discarded the top inch or two of mash and … More New Batch Of Fermented Jalapeño Hot Sauce

I usually start to lose interest in the garden this time of year. Some crops have completed their lifecycle and have been harvested, and others have worn out their welcome and have become a bore. Yellow squash has run its course, and I quit harvesting beans weeks ago, letting them grow long and gnarly. … More Peppers…

16 days ago I began fermenting a batch of jalapeño hot sauce. I intended to allow it to ferment for a full month but got impatient and decided two weeks of fermentation is plenty. Typically a bit of harmless white mold will form on the surface of the mash. This time there was none whatsoever. … More Fermented Jalapeño Hot Sauce (second phase)

I had great results with the sauerkraut I started two weeks ago and “harvested” yesterday, but not every endeavor turns out to be a raving success. Today I opened up the canister of beets I was attempting to pickle by fermentation and it was an abject failure. The entire slimy mess was relegated to the … More Latest Batch Of Hot Pepper Sauce

Considering the leftover zucchini “lasagna” from yesterday, today was not a big food preparation day. Once the mushrooms were cleaned, sliced and in the dehydrator I decided to end the fermentation process on the hot pepper sauce project I started on August 23. It was a matter of extracting the liquid from the fermented pepper … More Fermented Hot Pepper Sauce

I made a quick (unfermented) hot sauce from the last picking of Datil Peppers. (If you are unfamiliar with Datil Peppers do a google search for fascinating information.) I don’t know what I was thinking! I have two batches of Datil pepper hot sauce fermenting, which, if they are a success, will last me a … More Quick Hot (Datil) Pepper Sauce

Started a long term project today making hot pepper sauce by means of lactobacillus fermentation. I have done this a few times before with excellent results a couple of times and a failure another time. The time it didn’t work out I attribute to the quantity of peppers and the fermentation container being too small. … More Hot Pepper Sauce By Means Of Lactobacillus Fermentation